Trump considers moving reporters from White House and launches 'Trump TV'

President Donald Trump has repeatedly considered moving the entire corps of accredited journalists from the White House to another location nearby. The tycoon has evaluated the hypothesis on several occasions during both of his mandates, as reported by the "Wall Street Journal", and has proposed it again in the last month, moved by annoyance regarding the media coverage reserved for him. Some officials, however, have advised the tycoon against the move. According to the WSJ, however, Trump has no imminent plans to remove the press from the building.

Trump TV

Meanwhile, the White House launches "Trump TV", a 24-hour streaming platform dedicated to US administration events. The initiative comes after Donald Trump's decision to revoke the White House accreditations of journalists from CNN, MsNow and Politico. The three newspapers have started legal action to regain access, while the television pool that follows the US president in rotation has suspended coverage of the events until CNN is reinstated. Trump defended his decision by once again accusing the newspapers of spreading "fake news". "I am not attacking the free press but fake news, they are a threat to national security," he said. Meanwhile, the inauguration of a new White House heliport took place without the coverage of the TV pool.

"Trump TV" streaming 24 hours a day

The new platform will stream "the best videos, the most important speeches and the highlights not to be missed" 24 hours a day, with content updated in real time. The launch, as mentioned, comes at the height of the conflict between the White House and some of the main US newspapers, after Trump banned access to CNN, MsNow and Politico. The three newsrooms filed an emergency First Amendment request to regain access to the White House. “We have informed the government that we will file a complaint to protect our First Amendment rights and uphold the principle that the government does not decide what the press reports or publishes,” the outlets reported.

Trump: "Fake news is bad for the country"

Yesterday evening, Trump returned to attacking CNN, MsNow and Politico. In a post on Truth, the tycoon accused "'Fake News' newspapers and journalists who only write negative things". "They violate our national security by spreading false and defamatory stories based on unknown 'sources' they should not have access to the most important office in the world." "It is called the Oval Office and it deserves decorum, respect and dignity; it must not be desecrated by second-class clowns who distort, manipulate and discredit everything they write or publish," he wrote. The media have an obligation to be "fair" and if "they are fake news, I have an obligation not to allow" them to enter the White House because they are "bad for the country and for national security", he reiterated during a press conference with New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

The clash with the media

President Trump announced the ban days ago "with immediate effect" through a post on Truth, accusing CNN, Politico and Ms Now of spreading "fake news" and wanting to "discredit Republicans". The White House number one claimed the need for a "free media" while also defining other newspapers, including the New York Times and the Washington Post, as propagators of "fake news". It is not an isolated episode: since his return to the White House, Trump has already excluded other newspapers from official events and has promoted restrictive regulations to limit the access of journalists, some of which were later judged unconstitutional. New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger, called Trump "the most press-hostile president in modern U.S. history."

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